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'''''haudh''''' is a [[Sindarin]] word meaning "funeral mound".<ref name=PE19>{{PE|19}}, p. 91</ref> | '''''haudh''''' is a [[Sindarin]] word meaning "funeral mound".<ref name=PE19>{{PE|19}}, p. 91</ref> | ||
==Etymology== | ==Etymology== | ||
The word ''haudh'' derives from [[Common Eldarin]] ''khabdā'' ("pile, (artificial) mound", itself deriving from [[Sundocarme|root]] [[KHAB]] ("heap up, pile up"). Since ''haudh'' also carried a connotation of a funeral mound "in which weapons and other valuables were also buried", the word shows an apparent influence from root [[KHAW]] ("cover up, hide away, lay in store").<ref name=PE19/> | The word ''haudh'' derives from [[Common Eldarin]] ''khabdā'' ("pile, (artificial) mound"), itself deriving from [[Sundocarme|root]] [[KHAB]] ("heap up, pile up"). Since ''haudh'' also carried a connotation of a funeral mound "in which weapons and other valuables were also buried", the word shows an apparent influence from root [[KHAW]] ("cover up, hide away, lay in store").<ref name=PE19/> | ||
==Examples== | ==Examples== |
Revision as of 11:54, 7 July 2011
haudh is a Sindarin word meaning "funeral mound".[1]
Etymology
The word haudh derives from Common Eldarin khabdā ("pile, (artificial) mound"), itself deriving from root KHAB ("heap up, pile up"). Since haudh also carried a connotation of a funeral mound "in which weapons and other valuables were also buried", the word shows an apparent influence from root KHAW ("cover up, hide away, lay in store").[1]
Examples
See also
- Sindarin cerin ("artificial mound")
- Exilic Quenya haura ("funeral mound")
- Quenya/Telerin hamna ("funeral mound")
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 J.R.R. Tolkien, "Quenya Phonology", in Parma Eldalamberon XIX (edited by Christopher Gilson), p. 91